Pencil attachment.



. P. MANUEL.

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-cils of different sizes.

'WILLIAM P. MANUEL, OF LOS ANGELES, CALlIFOIl'tN'Il.A

PENCIL ATTACHMENT.

Speciication of Letters Patent.

vPatented Aug. 7, 191'?.

Application filed .Tuly 26, 1916. Serial No. 111,388.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM I. MANUEL, a subject of the King of Roumania, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pencil Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pencil attachments, and pertains especially to a device for retaining a pencil in place in the pocket.

It is an object of this invention to provide a device of the character described with means forretaining a calendar or other display sheet in such a position that it is conveniently disposed for inspection.

I accomplish these objects by means of the embodiment of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a pencil withl my `improved attachment applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section as seen on the line 2-2 Vof Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section as seen on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section as seen on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. y

Referring more particularly to the drawing, indicates an ordinary pencil of cylindrical form, although a hexagonal or other form of pencil may be used with my attachment. Mounted upon'the end of the pencil opposite to the point is my attachment which comprises a pencil sleeve 11 and a cap 12.

The pencil sleeve 11 is slit longitudinally, as indicated by 13, and is provided with a longitudinal slit 14 communicating with the upper end of the slit 13. The ends of slit 13 are normally turned inwardly as indicated in Fig. 4, providing for expansion and contraction to accommodate the sleeve to pen- In addition to the slits, the sleeve is provided with indentations 15 which form ridges for/ abutting the. pencil and engaging the same to hold the latter. Secured to the lower end of sleeve 11 is a pencil retaining member 16 provided with a ball end. The pencil retaining member 16 is resilient and positioned to rest as to provide for receiving pencils of various sizes, as the upper portion of the sleeve 1s rigid. The upper portion of the sleeve 11 is designed to receive a calendar or other display card such as an advertisement, which may extend all around the sleeve. Openings 18 are provided and the edges of said openings arev grooved as indicated by 19 to receive the edges of a display sheet 20.

The display sheet is preferably enveloped by a transparent sheet of Celluloid, or like material, bent to conform to the curve of the sleeve so that the edges thereof will rest in the grooves 19. By means of this construction the pencil when inserted in the attachment will not force the display sheet from its position or disturb it. It is obvious that the pencil sleeve may be arranged with any number of display openings extending about the sleeve. The neck 21 of sleeve 11 is provided with threads onits exterior.

Threaded onto the neck 21 is the cap 12 which comprises a sleeve 22 having a neck 23 at its lower end, which is threaded on its interior and adapted to engage the threads on neck 21. A locking sleeve 32 is arranged to slip over sleeve 22 and rest upon bead 30 below bead 31. Within sleeve 22 is disposed an eraser 28.

What I claim is: A 'pencil attachment, comprising an integral sleeve slit at its lower end to provide spring fingers forgripping a pencil, said sleeve provided with openlngs in its cylindrical face, the edges of said openings rabbeted, said sleeve expanded at said openings so as to be spaced from the pencil, and a display sheet positioned in said openings with the edges of said sheet disposed in the rabbets.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 19th day of July, 1916. l

WILLIAM P. MANUEL. 

